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Varying the Determinations in respect of the Taranaki Electric-power Board's Loan of £12,000.

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 19th day of August, 1942.

Present:

His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council made on the twentieth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two, and subject to the determinations as to borrowing and repayment therein set out, consent was given to the raising in New Zealand by the Taranaki Electric-power Board of a loan of twelve thousand pounds (£12,000), to be known as “Reticulation Extension Loan, 1942” (hereinafter called “the said loan”):

And whereas the authority conferred by the said Order in Council has not yet been exercised, and it is expedient to vary certain of the determinations aforesaid in respect of the said loan:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section eleven of the Local Government Loans Board Act, 1926, as set out in section twenty-nine of the Finance Act, 1932 (No. 2), and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby vary the determinations in respect of the said loan by prescribing that in lieu of repayment by equal aggregate annual or half-yearly instalments of principal and interest the said loan or any part thereof shall be repaid by equal half-yearly installments of principal extending over the term of twenty (20) years, as specified in clause one of the said Order in Council, and the amount of each debenture to be issued in respect of the said loan or any part thereof, as the case may be, may, in addition to the half-yearly instalment of principal, include a half-year’s interest calculated at the rate of three pounds ten shillings (£3 10s.) per centum per annum on the amount of principal outstanding immediately prior to the date of payment of such instalment.

C. A. JEFFERY,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

(T. 49/191/7.)

Vesting a Reserve in the Te Puke Borough Council.

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 19th day of August, 1942.

Present:

His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been duly set apart as a reserve for water-conservation purposes: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Te Puke:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section nine of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, doth hereby declare that from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Te Puke, in trust, for water-conservation purposes.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

All that area in the Tauranga County containing by admeasurement a total of 136 acres and 32 perches, more or less, being Sections 7, 8, 11, 12, and 15, Block I, Maketu Survey District. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 4/9A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged blue. (Auckland plans S.O. 30028, S.O. 30418, S.O. 4700A.)

C. A. JEFFERY,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

(L. and S. 4/9.)

Boundaries of City of Christchurch and County of Heathcote altered.

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 26th day of August, 1942.

Present:

His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS in pursuance of section one hundred and thirty-six of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1933, a petition was presented to the Governor-General praying that a certain area be excluded from the County of Heathcote and included in the City of Christchurch:

And whereas a Commission appointed under the said section held inquiries and recommended that part of the said area be excluded from the County of Heathcote and included in the City of Christchurch:

And whereas it is deemed expedient to make the alteration of boundaries recommended by the said Commission:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1933, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby declare that as on and from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three, the area described in the Schedule hereto shall be excluded from the County of Heathcote and included in the City of Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

AREA EXCLUDED FROM COUNTY OF HEATHCOTE AND INCLUDED IN CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, being part of the Mount Pleasant Riding of the Heathcote County, and bounded by a line commencing at a point on the north side of Ferry Road, being a point on the boundary of the City of Christchurch at its intersection with the south boundary of Reserve 47A; thence north-westerly along the city boundary, a total distance of 317·0 links, to its intersection with the north-eastern boundary of Reserve 47A; thence easterly across the Heathcote River by a right line bearing 77° 56', distance 750·0 links, to a point on the Heathcote County boundary; thence easterly generally along the Heathcote County boundary to a point on the northern side of the Sumner Road, being the intersection of that roadside with the eastern boundary of Lot 71, Deposit Plan 3838, produced northwards; thence southerly generally by that production and by the eastern boundaries of Lots 71, 56, 78, 77, 57, and 76, Deposit Plan 3838, to the Mount Pleasant Road; thence again southerly by the eastern side of that road to the westernmost corner of Lot 1, Deposit Plan 11515; thence westerly across the Mount Pleasant Road by a line bearing 277° 18' to the south-eastern boundary of Lot 48, Deposit Plan 3721; thence south-westerly along that boundary to Major Hornbrook’s Road; thence westerly across that road and northerly along its western side and the eastern boundary of Rural Section 1161 and westerly along the northern boundary of that section to Bridle Path Road on the right bank of the River Heathcote; thence northerly along the eastern side of that road to the northernmost corner of Lot 5, Deposit Plan 11359, at the Junction of St. Andrew's Hill Road with the Sumner Road; thence again in a northerly direction by a right line across that junction to a point on the northern side of the Sumner Road, being the southernmost corner of the land in Certificate of Title, Volume 369, folio 2, Canterbury Registry; thence westerly by a right line bearing 265° 09', distance 681·5 links, across the road reserved along the right bank of the River Heathcote, and across the said river to a point on the Christchurch City boundary, being the point of commencement.

C. A. JEFFERY,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

(I.A. 104/44.)

The Valuation of Land Act, 1925.—Acquisition of certain Land approved and declared to be vested in His Majesty.

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 26th day of August, 1942.

Present:

His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section forty-four of the Valuation of Land Act, 1925, it is provided that if the Valuer-General is of the opinion that any land (other than a leasehold interest therein) has been fixed by the Assessment Court at less than its capital value, he may, within fourteen days after the hearing by the Assessment Court, give notice to the owner by registered letter that he requires the owner to consent to the capital value being fixed at a sum specified in the notice (being the sum which in the opinion of the Valuer-General is a fair capital value of the land) and that, failing such consent being given within thirty days after such notice is received or is delivered at its address, the Valuer-General will recommend the Governor-General to acquire the land on behalf of His Majesty at that sum: And whereas it is further provided that the owner may, within the said thirty days but not afterwards, consent to the capital value being fixed at the sum specified in such notice, or at any other sum agreed to by him and the Valuer-General; and in such cases the Valuer-General may fix the capital value in accordance with such notice or agreement, and alter the roll accordingly: And whereas if the owner does not consent or make such agreement as aforesaid, then the Governor-General may acquire the land on behalf of His Majesty at the sum specified as aforesaid in such notice, and for that purpose may, within a reasonable time, by Order in Council gazetted, declare that the land is vested in His Majesty: And whereas Jessie Craig, Widow, Auckland, is the registered proprietor of all the coal, fireclay, and minerals within and under the land referred to in Volume 127, folio 15, and of all the mines, beds, veins, seams, and deposits of coal, and cannel, oil, shale, and fireclay within and under the land referred to in Volume 61, folio 84, Volume 20, folio 206, Volume 20, folio 212, Volume 20, folio 213, Volume 20, folio 227, Volume 624, folio 298, and Volume 637, folio 205, subject to Memorandum of Lease No. 4519, Auckland Registry: And whereas the Valuer-General gave notice to the owner in terms of, and within the time specified by, section forty-four of the Valuation of Land Act, 1925, that he required the capital value to be increased or the land to be acquired on behalf of His Majesty at such increased sum: And whereas the owner has failed to consent within the said thirty days to the capital value being fixed at the sum specified in such notice: And whereas the Valuer-General has referred the matter to the Governor-General in Council:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by section forty-four of the Valuation of Land Act, 1925,

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.